EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is developing a drama series about the Piper Alpha disaster, one of the most catastrophic offshore oil incidents of all time and the worst in terms of lives lost. The drama comes ...

A new box-set documentary series set for BBC Two, BBC Scotland and iPlayer will examine the 1988 Piper Alpha oil platform disaster off the Scottish coast that left 167 people dead and remains the ...

On July 6, 1988, 167 men lost their lives on the Piper Alpha oil rig in what remains the world’s worst offshore catastrophe. The rig, 125 miles off the coast of Aberdeen, was once Britain’s biggest ...

Last month, a rededication ceremony and remembrance service marking the 25th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster was held in the newly restored memorial garden in Aberdeen's Hazlehead Park.

THE first thing Ed Punchard knew about the explosion on the Piper Alpha oil rig was when the roof of his “bomb proof” office collapsed on his head. The diver, who’d already come close to one terrible ...

A service to remember the 167 men who died in the Piper Alpha disaster is to be held in Aberdeen on the 30th anniversary of the tragedy. Families, friends and representatives of the UK oil and gas ...

The Piper Alpha disaster of 1988 should remain at the forefront of the UK industry’s mindset, a UK offshore union official said today. Jake Molloy of the RMT-OILC union was speaking on the 23rd ...

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A powerful and thought-provoking multimedia theatre production exploring the parallels between the current Climate Emergency and the Piper Alpha disaster is heading to the North East. Pibroch uses ...

The horrific tragedy could happen again, warns the son of one of the 167 killed THE first thing Ed Punchard knew about the explosion on the Piper Alpha oil rig was when the roof of his “bomb proof” ...